The Bosun's Watch
S.T. Elise FD164
Additional information courtesy of Ron Young (Shipwrecks of the North East Coast) and the late Bill Butland
| Official Number | 124697 |
| Yard Number | 272 |
| Launched | November 09 1907 |
| Gross Tonnage | 239 |
| Net Tonnage | 72 |
| Length | 126.5 ft |
| Breadth | 22.0 ft |
| Draught | 11.6 ft |
| Armament | 1 x 6 pdr |
| Engine | 68 hp T.3-cyl by W V Lidgerwood, Glasgow |
| Built by | J Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co
Aberdeen, 1907 |
| Owner | Jackson, Millington & Dickensen, Fleetwood |
| November 09 1907 |
Launched by John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.272) for Messrs Jackson, Millington & Dickensen, Fleetwood (J. Marr & Son Ltd) as ELISE. |
| December 23 1907 | Registered at Fleetwood (FD164). |
| December 1907 | Completed. |
| 1908 | Sold to Messrs Jackson & Dickenson, Fleetwood. |
| 1910 | Sold to J. M. Jackson (T. F. Kelsall, manager). |
| 1914 | Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood. |
| June 1915 | Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.1622). |
| 1917 | Employed on convoy escort duties in northern waters. Part of a Scandinavian convoy sailing from Lerwick on October 15. Rescued the CO and 44 seamen from the sticken STRONGBOW after she had been attacked by German surface units. |
| August 22 1918 | Sank 2 miles of St Mary's Lighthouse, Blyth after being torpedoed (not authenticated, no claims made) or mined while serving as a minesweeper under skipper J W Walsh. |
| October 09 1918 | Fleetwood registry closed. |
| Notes | Today, the wreck lies on hard sand and stone at a depth of 24m. The engine room has collapsed in on itself although the bow section is still intact, minus its gun. The winch lies some 50m away and there is wreckage scattered around.
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